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Highworth markets prosper
IT'S great to see a market town living up to its name in this day and age. So many markets have folded as people shop in out of town malls and supermarkets and can no longer spend a Saturday morning going to their butcher, baker and greengrocer and browsing
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Hurry up, or we may lose our chance
SWINDON will be home to the cutting edge of medical science if Bath University can build its second campus in the borough, says its vice chancellor Glynis Breakwell. But she says unless it is built on greenfield land at Coate, the campus will not be built
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Market is doing a roaring trade
Ref. 28070-64LAST year Highworth residents feared their historic market was doomed when the number of stalls had dwindled to just four. But now, after several months of hard work, the market is one of the most successful in the area, selling everything
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Hope skips to unbeaten sequence
NEIL HOPE continued his winning ways as an England Junior international skip. The 24-year-old Westlecot bowler made a winning debut as a skip last November in the annual England Under 25 match against Wales. He led his rink to a convincing 32-8 victory
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Third 'Stones' put up
FOR nearly five thousand years, two stone circles have dominated the chalk downland landscape of Wiltshire - Stonehenge and Avebury. Each year, thousands of visitors from across the globe come to study, worship or marvel at these prehistoric monuments
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Should we fight guns with guns
Ref. 22600-16The fatal shooting of a PC in Leeds has again stirred up the debate over whether police officers on our streets should be armed. ANDY TATE reports. The killing of PC Ian Broadhurst on Boxing Day was a fearful reminder to police officers of
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Cinema - Calendar Girls
Based on a true story, Calendar Girls is a quintessentially British comedy that has all the makings of another Full Monty, Billy Elliot or Bend It Like Beckham. The film's blend of earthy humour and tragedy, with an underlying message about the enduring
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Cinema - Intolerable Cruelty (12A)
Those irascible Coen brothers, the twisted geniuses responsible for Fargo and The Big Lebowski, put their own distinctive spin on this Double Indemnity-esque thriller about an erotically charged battle of the sexes. Divorce attorney Miles Massey (George
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Cinema - Alien: The Director's Cut
DIGITAL enhancements, restoring the negative, adding unseen footage, polishing the soundtrack - whatever has been done to create Alien: The Director's Cut, it's just great to see it on the big screen again. It's 25 years since Ridley Scott's science fiction
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Cinema - The Matrix Revolutions
BETTER than the last one, not as good as the first. That, in a nutshell, is The Matrix Revolutions. And while this trilogy has not ended with the whimper many people predicted after the second film in the series, it's hardly gone out with a bang either
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Cinema - Master And Commander
Director Peter Weir (The Truman Show) sets sail with this swashbuckling adventure yarn, torn from the pages of Patrick O'Brian's novels. Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) and the 197-strong crew of the HMS Surprise find themselves off the coast of Brazil
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Cinema - SWAT
MOVIE adaptations of TV series are hit and miss affairs. The Fugitive hit the target; The Avengers was a mile wide. But does anyone actually remember SWAT on the small screen? It was big in America, apparently, but struggled to make an impact this side
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Cinema - The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King
THE end has finally come. Peter Jackson's audacious, wildly imaginative and boundlessly thrilling adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings trilogy reaches its cataclysmic conclusion in The Return Of The King. For the past seven years, the New
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Cinema - American Splendor (15)
Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti and himself) is a Cleveland native, hospital file clerk, and hilariously grumpy observer of life's strange and unpredictable pageant. A comic book writer who writes about his everyday life as an omnivorous reader, jazz lover
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Should we fight guns with guns
Ref. 22600-16The fatal shooting of a PC in Leeds has again stirred up the debate over whether police officers on our streets should be armed. ANDY TATE reports. The killing of PC Ian Broadhurst on Boxing Day was a fearful reminder to police officers of
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Police warn retailers to beware of mobile card scam
A MOBILE phone card scam was pulled off in Swindon for the first time when a man swapped used cards for new at a post office after distracting the cashier. The man, in his early 20s, went to Clive Parade Post Office and asked for £100 worth of T-MOBILE
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South Marston hotel to be sold by parent company
The Village Hotel and Leisure Club in South Marston has been put up for sale. Owners De Vere said it was a profitable business but no longer fitted the company's brand profile. The 60-room hotel, in Old Vicarage Lane, will stay open until a buyer is found
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Tetbury hold the edge
TETBURY completed the double over Wotton-under-Edge with a 16-6 victory in their latest Gloucestershire Division Three South encounter. A tight game was dominated by both sides' defensive work and it was Tetbury's discipline and control which eventually
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Blustery showers all week
FORECASTERS are predicting unsettled weather for today and the rest of the week. Although weather forecasters raised fears over the weekend about storms, this morning saw predictions revised to strong gusts and showers. At their strongest, wind speeds
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'It will be built where we want it'
Ref. 22920-34BATH University's £200m campus will not be built in Swindon unless it is built at Coate, says vice chancellor Glynis Breakwell. In an uncompromising declaration of intent which is certain to anger those campaigning against development at
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Bradford give Calne the slip
CALNE gave high-flying Bradford on Avon a scare as the former Dorset & Wilts Division One leaders just edged to a 13-7 victory on Saturday. Lowly Calne played their part to the full in a bone-crunching and thrilling encounter, although it was the
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Matt shines in return debut
WOOTTON Bassett produed their most dynamic performance for a number of weeks to edge out Devizes 17-12 in their all-Wiltshire Southern Counties South encounter at Stoneover Lane. For their part, Devizes were largely off the pace and tactically outplayed
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McMillan brace lifts the hosts
CHIPPENHAM re-established their winning habit as Windsor were dismissed 22-10 In South West Two East at Allington Field. A 3-0 home defeat by Marlow before Christmas had ended the Wiltshire side's seven-match unbeaten run, but Chippenham got back on track
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Davies nets at both ends in derby draw
FORMER Swindon Town defender Gareth Davies enjoyed an eventful debut for Corsham on Saturday. The 30-year-old scored an own goal but atoned with a last-minute equaliser as the Southbank side earned a 1-1 draw in the First Division derby at Westbury. Davies
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Ciren title boost as rivals slip
Cirencester Town extended their unbeaten run in the Western Division to 14 games while their title rivals began to stutter at the weekend. A 1-0 triumph at Stourport Swifts moved the Centurions up to fourth in the table with five games in hand on many
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Baverstock sees red on departure
RAY BAVERSTOCK'S Swindon Supermarine career ended with a bang of sorts, as the departing boss was sent from his dug-out for the third time this season during the 1-1 draw with Sutton Coldfield. Baverstock (pictured), was told to leave the bench in the
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Tommy's back!
TOMMY SAUNDERS' footballing exile is over after the former Chippenham Town boss was unveiled as the man to take charge at Swindon Supermarine. Saunders was at Hunts Copse to watch Marine draw 1-1 with Sutton Coldfield on Saturday and was formally appointed
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Is it third time lucky for Tesco?
TRADERS in Gorse Hill say they will be dealt a hammer blow if Tesco is finally allowed to expand its Ocotal Way store. They feel there is a sense of inevitability about the application, before Swindon planners for the third time on Tuesday night, being
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Competing to design a garden
Ridgeway School has been awarded specialist status in science and is launching a competition to celebrate. Pupils in Years Seven and Eight are being challenged to produce a design for an environmental garden and creative planet centre. Rebecca Dawson
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Dancers get ready for their big show and it's a sell-out
Ref. 28564-03SNOWFLAKES were pitter pattering on to the stage at Wroughton Parish Hall over the weekend as young dancers prepared for a special show. The artists, some of whom were as young as three, all attend Valerie Aris's dance classes in the village
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Mini lovers get ready for a charity drive
Ref. 28588-31MINI enthusiasts are gearing up for a sponsored jaunt to Salisbury next month. Peggy-Sue Ford, 23, from Penhill, Swindon, has organised the drive to raise money for The Green Hut one of the charities the Evening Advertiser supported in its
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Magician chips in to celebrate shop prize
Ref. 28552-85A MAGICIAN has taken over a Wootton Bassett chip shop to celebrate its success in a prestigious industry award for the second year running. Harbour Fish and Chip Shop, in the High Street, has won the Seafish Frier Quality Award for its high
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Do not cut gas supply, says union
A TRADE union, which represents British Gas engineers, has told its members not to cut off the supplies of vulnerable people. Kevin Brandstatter, Swindon organiser for GMB, which represents the engineers responsible for stopping vital gas and electricity
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Market is doing a roaring trade
Ref. 28070-64LAST year Highworth residents feared their historic market was doomed when the number of stalls had dwindled to just four. But now, after several months of hard work, the market is one of the most successful in the area, selling everything
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In the hands of the police
Ref. 23929-9 Jason Birch hands in a gun to an officer at Westlea Police Station during the gun amnesty last April A total of 574 guns, 41 illegal firearms and 7,526 rounds of ammunition were handed into Wiltshire police during a month long gun amnesty
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How can he tell us anything?
I REFER to an ex comrade-in-arms' letter (Ivan Rickwood) in which he criticises columnist Peter Heaton-Jones. I have also in the past disagreed with him. I have formed the opinion that he's overcome by the exuberance of his own verbosity. He has the same
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Questions to blood sport supporters
May I as (in their words) a completely ignorant townie be permitted to address a few questions to fox hunters? 1. What gives anyone amongst us the right to blatantly disregard a law of the land, simply because we do not agree with it? 2. Why do you consider
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Higgins caps a bath comeback
Andrew Higgins scored two tries as Bath came back from 18-12 down at the interval to defeat Colomiers 32-25 in the first leg of the Parker Pen Challenge Cup second round match at Le Stade Selery. Full-back Simon Danielli quickly settled any nerves in
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At the double
TOMMY MOONEY insists Town cannot afford to surrender six points to any of their rivals over the course of the season if the play-off chase is to end in triumph. The on-song striker rifled home a cracking goal in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Sheffield Wednesday
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Third 'Stones' put up
FOR nearly five thousand years, two stone circles have dominated the chalk downland landscape of Wiltshire - Stonehenge and Avebury. Each year, thousands of visitors from across the globe come to study, worship or marvel at these prehistoric monuments
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Ring in the business
Telemarketing ... one of those oh-so-hip business strategies in which a self-glamourising moniker deftly hides an oh-so-mundane truth? Or a proven business tool that can pump up your profits? JEREMY SMITH talks to telemarketing doyen Mark Sofflet about
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Cinema - Finding Nemo (U)
Eye-popping visuals and a superb script, crammed to the gills with laugh-out-loud gags, combine to stunning effect in this hugely entertaining and wildly inventive fable set beneath the ocean waves. After a summer of largely disappointing blockbusters
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Cinema - Kill Bill Vol 1
KILL Bill Vol 1 is very Quentin Tarantino. It's very slick, it's very stylish, and technically, it's very well made. It's also very self indulgent, very pretentious, and above all, very, very violent. Indeed, Kill Bill contains the good, the bad and the
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Cinema - Love Actually
LOVE Actually is a bit of a misleading title for this movie. For while the glory of love is the over-riding theme of the film, some aspects are likely to bring another emotion to the surface - hate, actually. That's not to say Love Actually is a bad film
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Cinema - Freaky Friday
THERE'S a lot going on in the life of widow Tess Coleman (Curtis). She's a single mum, she's a successful psychiatrist, and she's about to get married. So the last thing she wants is an on-going love-hate relationship with 15-year-old daughter Anna (Lohan
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Cinema - Stuck On You (12A)
THE Farrelly brothers have carved a Hollywood reputation for bad taste comedies with There's Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber and Shallow Hal. They deal with enough taboo subjects to have Mary Whitehouse spinning in her grave faster than a Dyson
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Cinema - The Last Samurai (15)
IF anyone needed convincing that Tom Cruise is more than just a pretty face, they should go and see The Last Samurai. In this stirring historical epic, the Hollywood heart-throb gives a performance that is a tour de force, getting to the heart of a character
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Gun crime in the swindon area
In August 1987, lone gunman Michael Ryan went on the rampage through Hungerford, shooting dead 15 people and wounding 14 others before turning the gun on himself. Paul Everett, 27, was jailed for three years in March 2001 after firing at his former girlfriend
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Terry takes up a new campaign
RETIRED Wimbledon tennis umpire Terry King says he is convinced Greg Rusedski is innocent of the drugs charge levied at him. Mr King, of Bankside, Old Town, believes officials in the tennis world will end up with "very red faces" once the Rusedski affair
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Vicars get their message across
Ref. 28533-20A VOICE coach who has helped vicars pep up their preaching has had his work praised in a church newspaper. The current edition of Three Crowns, which covers Church of England affairs from Swindon to Bristol, says John Williams can help with
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Slow going with BT
RESIDENTS in Taw Hill and Priory Vale are becoming increasingly frustrated with the lack of broadband service in their area. Despite making contact with BT two years ago, some parts of the communities still do not have high speed broadband internet connections
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Cricklade march on
CRICKLADE maintained their 100 per cent record in Dorset & Wilts Division Two North with a comfortable 32-5 victory over Minety's second string. The visitors opened their account with a Danny Lloyd penalty in what was an evenly contested first half
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Marine spirit not enough to halt Corsham
A RESOLUTE Corsham overcame a spirited Supermarine side 22-7 to kick off their new year programmed in Dorset & Wilts Division One. Corsham, after a mixed start to their campaign in 2003, were soon on the front foot against a Swindon side forced to
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Salter helps Wiltshire's youngsters win again
FORMER Swindon Town youngster Aaron Salter showed he has not lost his touch as Wiltshire's youth team put five past Guernsey on Saturday, writes ED MEZZETTI. Salter, who now plays for Screwfix League Frome Town, was irrepressible as the county's under
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Stratton move top
AFC Stratton are the new leaders of the Premier Division after a 3-2 win over a battling Purton Reserves side. Purton Boss Ian Restell said: "The game was a credit to the Wiltshire League. It had everything. I thought our lads deserved a draw against
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Fisher's boys roll over hill
Highworth boss John Fisher might have dubbed the Supplementary Cup a 'waste of time' before his side's first round trip to Harrow Hill on Saturday, but his players were motivated enough to secure a 4-0 victory. The competition contested by teams knocked
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Just the thing to make a little girl feel better
Ref. 28557-23Children were showered with toys at Swindon's Great Western Hospital thanks to generous gym members. Sophie Black, nine, from Park North, was among 29 youngsters on the children's ward who received a belated Christmas present from the Swindon
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A good deal for getting rid of things
If the New Year has inspired you to adopt the 'out with the old, in with the new' approach then Swindon Council could help. You can make arrangements for large items to be removed for a cost of £5 for three items. But refrigerators, freezers and fridge-freezers
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Fancy a game of football?
ELDENE Rangers Football Club are looking to put its best feet forward in the New Year. The club, which started last May, are looking for seven-year-olds to boost its under-8s squad. Rob Nolan, 35, from Eldene, said: "We are hoping to improve our performance
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Trio pay the cost of illegal trading
BURGER and kebab van owners who run their businesses illegally have been fined hundreds of pounds for flouting trading laws. Swindon Council has warned that it isn't afraid to prosecute traders tempted to set up shop unofficially. Three men Ramazen Sen
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The gasmen left a trail of chaos
GAS firm Transco has admitted a catalogue of errors suffered by a 73-year-old Highworth woman during pipe-laying. It pledged to do all it could to help Jean Snuggs after the Evening Advertiser stepped in on her behalf. Mrs Snuggs, a retired cigarette
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Technological master to speak at engineers' lecture
THE managing director of one of the world's most respected technological institutes is to give a lecture in Swindon. The Institution of Electrical Engineers has invited Professor Simon Jones to speak at the De Vere Hotel in West Swindon. Prof Jones heads
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Disturbing figures for town's children
AT THE last official count, 104 children were on the child protection list in Swindon. This disturbing statistic one of many of its kind that will be presented to Swindon Council's ruling cabinet on Wednesday is above the national average. This figure
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Arms control is discussed
THE Swindon and Marlborough Amnesty International group will hold a workshop on the Control Arms Campaign on Thursday. Amnesty, together with Oxfam and other organisations, is aiming to collect a million photographs and drawn self-portraits of people
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Start 2004 by learning a range of new skills
SWINDON College is offering a range of new courses in Wootton Bassett. Mixed ability yoga will be taught at Wootton Bassett Civic Centre for 10 weeks from Thursday, from 10am to 11.30am, for a fee of £47. A painting and drawing course will be taught at
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Preying on the elderly
Re: Eric Beint's poignant letter (EA Jan 5). I would only add that this Government knows little about honouring the elderly. Low pensions, inadaquate housing and low prioritisation of geriatric care are all the hallmarks of a Government that is more concerned
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Memories of life and love in Market Street
Re: The enquiry about the Old Market in Market Street. I was born opposite it at No 9 Angelinetta the Butchers in 1926, so I was brought up with that building in sight at all times. When I was working, I worked at Castles Bakery further down the street
